| Match | Score |
|---|---|
| 24. July 2016 15:00 Heyward Road, Sale Swinton Lions – Batley Bulldogs Report |
24 - 62 |
Batley Bulldogs turned on the style at Sale on sunday as they ran in 62 points against Swinton to finish third in the Championships.
Apart from the first five minutes, when Swinton opened the scoring through Robinson, the Bulldogs left no-one in doubt as to who was going to win this game as they turned on the style and ran in 11 tries to rout their opposition, who were incidentally only one of two teams to beat Batley at Mount Pleasant in the league.
Batley now go into the Middle8s as third placed team in the Championships along with Featherstone, who beat the Bradford Bulls to take take fourth spot – Leigh and London already being qualified.
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Match
Swinton Lions – Batley Bulldogs
24 - 62
23. Match Day
24. July 2016, 15:00
Heyward Road, Sale
Scorers Swinton
Tries: Robinson, Barlow, Beharrell, Atkin
Goals: Atkin (4)
Drop Goals:
Misc: Yellow Cards: Thornley (Lying on while Swinton were on a team warning), Barlow (Punching)
Scorers Batley
Tries: Leak (2), Ulugia (2), Reittie, Squires, Day, J. Brown, Ainscough (2), Brambani
Goals: Walker (9)
Drop Goals:
Misc:
Referee S. Mikalauskas
Attendance: 1147
The results and final table
| Match | Score |
|---|---|
| 23. July 2016 18:30 The Recreation Ground Whitehaven RLFC – Sheffield Eagles |
14 - 32 |
| 24. July 2016 15:00 Whitebank Stadium Oldham Roughyeds – Workington Town |
30 - 32 |
| 24. July 2016 15:00 The Big Fellas Stadium Featherstone Rovers – Bradford Bulls |
20 - 0 |
| 24. July 2016 15:00 Leigh Sports Village Leigh Centurions – Dewsbury Rams |
58 - 0 |
| 24. July 2016 15:00 The Shay Stadium Halifax RLFC – London Broncos |
22 - 41 |
| 24. July 2016 15:00 Heyward Road, Sale Swinton Lions – Batley Bulldogs Report |
24 - 62 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | T | L | Goals | Diff | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | • | Leigh Centurions | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 881:410 | +471 | 43 | |
| 2 | • | London Broncos | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 702:444 | +258 | 34 | |
| 3 | • | Batley Bulldogs | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 589:485 | +104 | 31 | |
| 4 | ↑ | Featherstone Rovers | 23 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 595:384 | +211 | 30 | |
| 5 | ↓ | Bradford Bulls | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 717:446 | +271 | 28 | |
| 6 | • | Halifax RLFC | 23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 615:484 | +131 | 27 | |
| 7 | • | Sheffield Eagles | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 583:617 | -34 | 16 | |
| 8 | • | Dewsbury Rams | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 486:603 | -117 | 16 | |
| 9 | • | Swinton Lions | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 449:813 | -364 | 15 | |
| 10 | • | Oldham Roughyeds | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 401:678 | -277 | 14 | |
| 11 | ↑ | Workington Town | 23 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 455:756 | -301 | 11 | |
| 12 | ↓ | Whitehaven RLFC | 23 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 367:720 | -353 | 11 |
